The Concert for Bangladesh

The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)


  • Genre: Music, Documentary
  • Release Date: 1972-03-23
  • User Rating: 7.8/10 from 19 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 43min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Apple Corps
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Director: Saul Swimmer
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Summary

A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh. The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international awareness of, and fund relief for refugees from East Pakistan, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide.

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  • George Harrison

    as Self
  • Ringo Starr

    as Self
  • Eric Clapton

    as Self
  • Ravi Shankar

    as Self
  • Bob Dylan

    as Self
  • Billy Preston

    as Self
  • Leon Russell

    as Self
  • Klaus Voormann

    as Self
Production George Harrison Producer
Production Allen Klein Producer
Camera Fred Hoffman Camera Operator
Camera Richard E. Brooks Camera Operator
Directing Saul Swimmer Director
Art Dan Perri Title Designer

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